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líc-sár

(n.)
Grammar
líc-sár, es; n.
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A body-wound, a mortal wound[?], Beo. Th. 1635; B. 815: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430

Linked entry: sár

máðum-sele

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-sele, es; m.

A hall in which a prince gives costly giftsa hall containing costly things

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A hall in which a prince gives costly gifts, or a hall containing costly things (cf. gold-sele) Méda máððumselas, Salm. Kmbl. 379; Sal. 189

norþ-sǽ

(n.)

a northern sea

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a northern sea Norþsǽ mare arctoum, Wrt. Woc. i. 41, 66. Of Japhet com ðæt norþerne mennisc be ðære norþsǽ, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 38. Án geweorc on Defnascíre be ðære norþsǽ, Chr, 894; Erl. 91, 8

páp-seld

(n.)
Grammar
páp-seld, es; n.
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The papal see Hé hié lǽrede ðæt hié raðost tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, and ðone pápan and ðæt pápseld ðæt hié beáhsodan hwæt him ðæs tó rǽde þúhte, Blickl. Homl. 205, 20

ealu-scóp

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-scóp, eala-scóp, es; m.

An ale-poet

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An ale-poet We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne beó ealu-scóp we teach that no priest be an ale-poet, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 15

Linked entry: eala-scóp

gold-sele

(n.)
Grammar
gold-sele, es; m.
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A hall in which gold is distributed, or one adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 1434; B. 715: 2510; B. 1253: 3282; B. 1639: 4172; B. 2083

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24. Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia,

Linked entry: hwanne

seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Seldom seen, uncommon, unfamiliar Cirus geáhsade ðæt ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas. Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27

sele-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sele-dreám, es ; m.
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Mirth of the hall, joyous life of the hall, festive pleasure Beorgas wǽron blíðe gebǽrdon swá rammas wurdan gesweoru swá on seledreám swá on sceápum beóþ sceóne lambru montes, quare exultastis ut arietes, et colles velut agni ovium, Ps. Th. 113, 6.

sele-rest

(n.)
Grammar
sele-rest, e ; f.
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A bed in a hall Hine ymb monig sǽrinc selereste gebeáh ( of Beowulf and his men when sleeping in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 1384 ; B. 690

self-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽta, an; m.
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175

self-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽte, an; f. A plant name,
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wild oat(?) Selfǽte, eoforþrote, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15. Wyl on buteran selfǽtan, 80, 13. [Cockayne cites O. H. Ger. selbéza senecion, in. 344, col. 1.]

Linked entry: ǽte

self-bana

(n.)
Grammar
self-bana, an; m.
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One who kills himself, a suicide Selfbona bictonatus (l. biothanalus, qui mortem sibi ipsi consciscit aut qui violenta morte peril). Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 10. Selfbonan biolhanatas, 11. 69. Seolfbonan (-boran, MS.), 101, 74. Selfbanan biothanatos, Hpt.

self-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwalu, e; f.
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56

self-déma

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self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca

Linked entry: déma

self-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
self-líc, adj.
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Of one's own accord, spontaneous, voluntary Selflíces spontaneae, ultroneae, voluntariae, Hpt. Gl. 436, 75

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5. Ðonne áhefþ hé hine on his móde . . . mid ðý selflíce se Déma biþ

Linked entries: -líce -líce

self-myrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
self-myrþe, (?); adj.
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Self-destructive Betweónan sylfmyrþe inter biothonatas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 2. v. next word

Linked entry: -myrþe

self-myrþere

(n.)
Grammar
self-myrþere, (?), es; m.
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One who destroys himself, a suicide Betweónan selfmyrþras (-an ? but cf. Icel. myrða to murder: O. H. Ger. murdit jugulal: Ger. morden) inter biolhanatas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 61. Cf. self-bana

Linked entry: -myrþere

self-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
self-sceaft, es; m.
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523